Picture
(Deming) – The Dona Ana County  Commission is scheduled
Tuesday to consider a proposal supporting a private  firm’s plans to build a $1 billion scientific ghost town in Luna  County.

The Las Cruces Sun-News  reports that Pegasus  Global Holdings picked a location south of Interstate 10  between Deming and Las Cruces for the project site, and while the town would be  located in Luna County, a private access road could be located in Dona Ana County.

The Luna County  commissioners approved an economic development agreement with Pegasus Global  Holdings last
month.


The project involves building an  uninhabited replica of an average, mid-size American city where researchers can  test everything from intelligent traffic systems and next-generation wireless  networks to automated washing machines and self-flushing  toilets.

It’s essentially a  ghost town where new commercial technology would be developed and  evaluated.  Reportedly, the project could  bring over 3,000 construction jobs and up to 350 permanent jobs to the  area.

The group last year selected  Hobbs for the scientific ghost town location, but then walked away citing  problems with the land deal.

 


Comments


Comments are closed.